Bernie Sanders claimed Sergey Brin worth $276 billion could save healthcare for 3 million people but is spending $82 million against California’s 5% billionaire wealth tax. Michael Arouet countered that Brin as Google co-founder created jobs and innovation while Google and employees paid roughly half a trillion in taxes. Brin’s wealth stems from building a massive company. The tax fight and wealth tax proposal are real and ongoing in California.
Sergey Brin was one of the two Google founders. He created countless jobs for others and changed our lives.
Google and its employees paid about half a trillion in taxes.
Why don’t you start a business as well, instead of fighting job creation, innovation, and progress, Bernie? https://t.co/1xnoJLuN70 pic.twitter.com/XMhYYopOJR
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) July 19, 2026
I see the same pattern every time the left wants more government control they attack the people who actually build things and pay the bills. Starting a business and innovating solves way more problems than another tax that politicians will waste anyway.
🚨 DEMS IN FULL CIVIL WAR MODE IN MICHIGAN!
Bernie & AOC pushing hard for ultra-progressive Abdul El-Sayed (Medicare for All, wealth tax, “billionaires corrupt everything”).
But Main Street Dems are panicking, flooding money to stop him because Michigan’s blue-collar workers… pic.twitter.com/WgNVPednOY
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 20, 2026